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Banana Reef

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Pulborough, United Kingdom
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12 reviews 12 reviews
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27 helpful votes 27 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 March 2013

Have done several dives at this reef over the years & can say I have had a very good dive each time, have always seen lots of moray & turtles,its just a nice gentle dive with the usual reef fish in large shoals at times.

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Nice, France
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5 reviews 5 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 March 2013

Many shoals of fish and two resident giant napolean wrasse. Current can be strong depending on moon and time of year. Usually only dive club there.

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Birmingham, United Kingdom
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12 reviews 12 reviews
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 March 2013

Be careful of the current & shallow water, wouldn't suggest novice snorkellers avoid it. Got some great photos of the drop off.

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Oslo, Norway
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4 reviews 4 reviews
3 attraction reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 January 2013

A perfect snorkeling exprience: trasparent water, nice corals and if you are lucky like us you can see mantas!!

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Johannesburg
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40 reviews 40 reviews
10 attraction reviews
Reviews in 24 cities Reviews in 24 cities
43 helpful votes 43 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 January 2013

There was lots to see and some very interesting spots, but in my opinion, I got a bored on both the dives we did there... mind you it is still a very good dive... just did not live up to the hype

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Harrogate, United Kingdom
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11 reviews 11 reviews
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15 helpful votes 15 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 November 2012

Huge variety of fishes, including Moray Eels, Neopolitan Fish, Snappers and a Pallette Surgeon fish aka Dory from 'Finding Nemo'.

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yorkshire
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5 reviews 5 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
20 helpful votes 20 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 September 2012

One of the best reefs we visited with many different fish and amazing coral. Mantas and Sharks and even Turtles

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8 reviews 8 reviews
3 attraction reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 September 2012

I was staying on Maafushi island on South Male atoll. The hotel manager arranged a snorkelling excursion to what he called "Banana Reef",and even after we showed him the real Banana Reef on a map, he insisted that his was the only Banana Reef. It is something of a scam, although there were a lot of pretty fish at this... More

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Hilchenbach, Germany
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18 reviews 18 reviews
3 attraction reviews
Reviews in 9 cities Reviews in 9 cities
26 helpful votes 26 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 April 2012

We dove this site more then once during our stay....the water was clear and there was abundance of a sorted to fish to see

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St Albans, United Kingdom
2 reviews
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 February 2012

A wonderful dive site, have visitied several times now and it is always on my must do list

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